[balance]

I love this Lakers/Spurs matchup. I'm interested in seeing if Kobe can maintain his composure when Bowen inevitably starts with the "Kobe Rules."

[Bomski]

Originally Posted by DangGaDa

Actually, the regular season counts for home court advantage. The Lakers exposed the Spurs defense as old and slow in that game and they will continue to do so throughout this upcoming series.

Lakers in 5.

Lakers and Spurs split the season series so there is no exposure of any sorts there. What I see being exposed is the Laker's bench in this series.

[JordanLUFC]

Originally Posted by DangGaDa

Actually, the regular season counts for home court advantage. The Lakers exposed the Spurs defense as old and slow in that game and they will continue to do so throughout this upcoming series.

Lakers in 5.

Well if home court advantage counted, New Orleans would be there wouldn't they?

Stop clutching at straws, there's no way in hell Lakers will win this in 5

[sholinmonkey]

Originally Posted by Triple-s

A fight just broke out. House was on the ground with ball, West dove onto him. It would be sick if they let them fight like in hockey.

why? so we can see more flaying of the arms? seems the bigger the star the worse they throw a punch. I'd like to see a kobe and anthony showdown.

[bunnyclaws]

Originally Posted by JordanLUFC

Because this is the playoffs.

Regular season counts for absolutely nothing.

It is amazing how people seem to think that the regular season is a good predictor for the Playoffs. The playoffs are a totally different animal. You lose, you go home. It takes a very different mindset to compete in the playoffs which is why often young teams don't do so well their first time in. That being said, the Spurs always bring a different game and mentality to their playoff games compared to their regular season games.

[fu-noob]

Originally Posted by Titan416

Z's entire job is to clear the paint for Lebron. Since he came back, he has been the 2nd best center in the East. He has also been the Cavs most consistent player in the playoffs.

Dont blame the team and not Lebron. His team stepped up. Lebron is the one who was trash this series. They all lost together.

LeBron shot like trash, he was by no means trash by the end of the series.

Your man Big Z progressively got worse until he was nonexistant in this series. His entire job is not to clear the lane, but rather be a force in the paint, rebound, and do his job as, well a center should do. For 4 straight games to end the series, he had 9 points, 6 points, 7 points, and 8 points respectively. All this while shooting a whopping 29% as THEIR CENTER. Not to mention contributing to NO other facet in the game. Give me a break.

The blame for game 7, and this series in general, does not go to the LeBron at all. You are the only one in this entire planet trying to place this blame on LeBron when there has already been talk of their next major move this offseason due to yet again LeBron getting no help. I mean look at all the headlines after the game. Your love for Big Z and LeBron's supporting cast has to stop. Anyone who isn't frustrated with the play of his team, a bunch of scrubs, and doesn't want to see LeBron be surrounded by much better talent clearly has something against him. He's a special talent, and it would be a shame to see his career go this way.

Get your head out your ass man.

[fu-noob]

Originally Posted by DangGaDa

2nd to last game of the season, Lakers beat Spurs 106 - 85. The Spurs could not keep up with the Lakers all night, what makes you think it will be any different 3 weeks later?

Ginobli didn't play that game.

[rockit]

Originally Posted by balance

I love this Lakers/Spurs matchup. I'm interested in seeing if Kobe can maintain his composure when Bowen inevitably starts with the "Kobe Rules."

+1

I'm happy with the final 4 teams left,Both Series should be great to watch.

[jon blaze]

Originally Posted by fu-noob

Ginobli didn't play that game.

Bynum didn't play that game either.

[Titan416]

Originally Posted by fu-noob

LeBron shot like trash, he was by no means trash by the end of the series.

Your man Big Z progressively got worse until he was nonexistant in this series. His entire job is not to clear the lane, but rather be a force in the paint, rebound, and do his job as, well a center should do. For 4 straight games to end the series, he had 9 points, 6 points, 7 points, and 8 points respectively. All this while shooting a whopping 29% as THEIR CENTER. Not to mention contributing to NO other facet in the game. Give me a break.

The blame for game 7, and this series in general, does not go to the LeBron at all. You are the only one in this entire planet trying to place this blame on LeBron when there has already been talk of their next major move this offseason due to yet again LeBron getting no help. I mean look at all the headlines after the game. Your love for Big Z and LeBron's supporting cast has to stop. Anyone who isn't frustrated with the play of his team, a bunch of scrubs, and doesn't want to see LeBron be surrounded by much better talent clearly has something against him. He's a special talent, and it would be a shame to see his career go this way.

Get your head out your ass man.

The cavs don't need two centers who get in the paint. Centers who can play the paint, can't shoot for shit. Having a center that can't shoot is a big problem for the cavs. They need a center like Z, who can draw coverage from under the basket out to the perimeter. This clears the lane for Lebron to drive, his bread and butter. If they picked up a center who plays the paint all the time, then nobody would bother guarding him out at the perimeter, because he can't score from there anyway. This causes Lebron to have double the amount of players guarding him each drive, and decreases his chances of getting a basket.

The Cavs need to replace Wallace with a better center who can play the paint, not Z. Z after his injury was the second best center in the east, and until the last few games of the playoffs was playing great. However, what do you really expect him to do when he gets no help from Wallace.

The Cavs need another go to player. That is not a question. Nobody is saying they don't. To be a championship caliber team, they defiantly need someone else. However, in terms of supporting casts the Cavs have a decent one. If you added another star player to play along with Lebron james like a point guard, then got a good quality young center, the Cavs would be a good team. The problem with the Cavs is, people like you expect the supporting members, to step up and drop high caliber numbers. Thats not there job and thats not how the team is built. Every team Lebron goes to will be built around him, or him and one other player. He will never, EVER be on a team where every player is all around good, because contract wise it won't happen.

Also, the blame is on Lebron for them losing to Boston. It's also on the rest of the team. However Lebron played like absolute trash outside of the last game. If he had of stepped it up and score in the first two, or hit some fucking free throws, they would have beat Boston. However, Lebron simply could not deal with the defense they put on him. He isn't good enough yet. His Shooting and Free throw shooting are not where they should be. When a team like Boston plays defense on you that hard, it's your job to get the fouls if you don't have another go to player. Lebron got the fouls but couldn't knock down the free throws. So, he stopped trying to draw fouls and started passing. That would have worked brilliantly, if he wasn't the only high caliber scorer on the court.

It's the entire teams fault they lost, but Lebron shares a huge amount of blame. If you don't think so, you weren't watching the same disgrace of a series.